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Schedule B.—One-year-old Trees.—Details of Trees grown at Tapanui Nursery, 1901-2. (Fifth Crop.)

Schedule B1.—Two-year-old Trees.—Details of Trees grown at Tapanui Nursery, 1900-1. (Fourth Crop.)

Schedule B 2 . —Three-year-old Trees.—Details of Trees grown at Tapanui Nursery, 1899-1900. (Third Crop.)

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Name of Tree. Common Name. Habitat. _J_ •a l.'O if! ■3? « H .9 B.\ ! I .H S Amount : Value ■g-g of Seed i per Total Value. I ■j a sown. ! Thousand. I I I Remarks. Abies excelsa Spruce fit I Europe .. 130,000 1 ft. 14 !£ s. d. i 0 15 0 £ s. d. I 97 10 0 First-class crop; does wel here. Very poor results, owing to inferior seed. Good sturdy trees. Strong growth. Very good crop. For shelter purposes. This pine does well here. Excellent crop; very hardy. Germinated well; colonial seed. Good growth. Abies douglasii Oregon pine America .. 3,000 1 5 15 0 3 15 0 Pinus austriaca Pinus benthamiana .. Pinus ponderosa Pinus insignis Pinus strobus Larix europea Austrian pine Bentham'e pine .. Yellow pine Kemarkable pine . Weymouth pine.. European larch .. Europe .. 130,000 America .. 9,000 ..I 30,000 .. 19,000 .. i 13,000 Tyrol .. I 100,000 1J 2 H 3 20 5 7 6 5 56 0 15 0 10 0 10 0 1 0 0 10 0 10 0 97 10 0 9 0 0 30 0 0 19 0 0 13 0 0 100 0 0 Alnus glufcinosa Common alder .. Britain .. i 40,000 3 35 0 15 0 30 0 0 Fraxinus excelsior Acer pseudo-p'atanus.. Quercus pedunculata.. Berberis vulgaris Jugians regia Arbutus unedo Pittosporum tenuifolium Pittosporum ralphii .. English ash Sycamore English oak Barberry Walnut Strawberry-tree .. Black niapau Europe .. 43,000 .. 100,000 .. I 45,000 .. 10,000 Persia .. : 2,500 Ireland .. 1,000 NewZeTnd 30,000 6 14 9 10 6 2 6 75 106 350 20 95 6 30 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 15 0 33 0 0 50 0 0 33 15 0 7 10 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 For hedges. Good growth. Experimental, For hedges, &c. Ralph's pittos. .. 500 j ! ! I 708,000 10 2 1.0 15 0 0 7 6 Total 556 17 6

Na,me of Tree. Common Name. Habitat. Number in Seed-beds, Height in Value Inches. Th0 P » and . Total Value. ltemarks. Abies excels* Abies douglasii Larix europea Pinus austriaca Pinus ponderosa Pinus benthamiana .. Fraxinus excelsior Betula alba Cupressus lawsoniana Benthamia fragifera .. Spruce fir Oregon pine European larch Austrian pine Yellow pine Bentham'e pine English ash Birch Lawson's oypress .. Indian strawberrytree Europe America Tyrol .. Europe America 150,000 6,500 55,000 140,000 27,000 7,000 100,000 13,000 50 100 3 2 8 3 3 6 9 20 6 6 £ s. d. 10 0 15 0 15 0 10 0 1 5 0 15 0 10 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 10 0 0 & s. d. j 150 0 0 8 2 6 68 15 0 140 0 0 33 15 0 8 15 0 100 0 0 26 0 0 0 2 3 10 0 These trees have all made - strong growth for seed-bed stuff. Europe America India Experimental purposes. Total 498,650 536 9 9

Name of Tree. Common Name. Habitat. Number in Nursery Lines. Height Value in per Total Value. Inches. Thousand. Remarks. Abies excelsa Abies menziesii Abies douglasii Pinus austriaca Pinus ponderosa Pinus strobus Pinus laricio Larix europea Quercus pedunculata .. Praxinus excelsior Castanea vesca Aesculus hippocastanum Sorbus aucuparia Acer pseudo-platan us .. Betula alba Gytisus laburnum Juglans regia .. Cupressus lawsoniana .. Cotoneaster simmondsii Cerasus lauro-cerasus .. Alnua glutinosa Cnamasrops excelsa Ligustrum luoidum Melicytus lanceolatus .. Grieelinia littoralis Pittosporum eugenioides Pittosporam tenuifolium Pittosporum buohananii Spruce fir Menziea' spruce Oregon pine .. Austrian pine .. Yellow pine .. Weymouth pine Corsicau pine .. European larch English oak .. English ash .. Spanish chestnut Horse chestnut Mountain ash Sycamore Birch Laburnum Walnut Lawson's cypress Apple-wort Common laurel Alder Pan palm Privet Hinehine Broadleaf White mapau.. Black mapau .. Buchanan's pittos. Cabbage-tree .. Kowhai Native beech .. Flax, o r n amental Europe America Europe America Corsica Tyrol Europe Persia Amerioa Nepaul Levant Britain China New Zealand 315,000 28,000 15,000 83,000 46,000j 16.000J 17,000! 90,5001 91,000i 285,000 2,400 1,000 7,000 59,000 1,000 500 1,500 250 2,000 300 : 14,000, 500 1,000 600 2,500' 1,500! 3,500 : 1,0001 12 15 15 10 7 5 4 24 16 17 15 L8 80 20 23 24 14 6 12 4 12 4 L2 6 8 IS 15 16 £ s. d. 3 0 0 3 5 0 3 5 0 3 0 0 3 5 0 3 5 0 3 0 0 3 5 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 4 5 0 10 0 0 3 15 0 2 15 0 3 0 0 2 10 0 4 5 0 4 5 0 4 5 0 10 0 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 4 5 0 4 5 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 £ s. d. 945 0 0 91 0 0 48 15 0 i 249 0 0 I 149 10 0 52 0 0 51 0 0 294 2 6 273 0 0 855 0 0 10 4 0 10 0 0 26 5 0! 162 5 0j 3 0 0[ 15 0 6 7 6 113 8 10 0 3 0 0 42 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 11 0 10 12 6 4 10 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 Exceedingly well-grown and fibrous-rooted stock, most of which will be transferred to plantation next season. Grown principally for planting on outskirts of plantation. Cordyline australis Sophora tetraptera Fagus fusca Phormium tenax 2,000 5,000 400 900 24 12 15 24 3 0 0 5 5 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 6 0 0 26 5 0 2 2 0 2 14 0 Total il,094,350 :3,357 9 9